The official home page of Technologypark2006.org.
Springfield has a challenge to meet as the 3rd largest city
boasting of universities, where Kansas City and Saint Louis
have Science and Technology parks, we have NONE. These parks
allow for incubators which allow new company start-ups that
create new processes and products to make lives easier for
people. It is no secret we are losing our competitive edge
globally. We could use the 2nd industrial park near the airport
and change it into a Technology park.
To get the issue on the ballot, we need to petition the city.
You can help by getting a printable
version of the Petition and
the Notary
Page.
Reasons why we need a Technology Park:
The Association
of University Research Parks reported December 1993,
4000 companies were located in 133 research or science parks
nationally employing 225,000
workers in over 100 million square feet of space. In 1998,
the number has increased to over 200 Science & Technological
parks in the United States. State and local governments are
investing many dollars into this economic development strategy
in the hopes of creating jobs, expanding the corporate tax
base, creating a name for a region to keep from losing our
competitive edge globally and to compete in the “information
age”. There is a research park in every state in the
Union. Japan has developed 3,269 industrial parks since 1992.
A real volunteer effort is underway in Springfield
to put the possible development of a Technology Park on the
ballot.
India, China, and countries all over the world are developing
them. Since the early 1990s the Chinese government has established
over 50 Technology Parks and worldwide the number runs over
700 and our neighbor has, with the help of their state economic
team and the legislature, developed over 13 Certified Technology
Parks in the State of Indiana. They also do agricultural,
medical, environmental, and other research. We want to help
let the people have a chance to vote on this issue and anyone
wanting to learn more about or to help contact us.
The Goals and Objective of our Citizens led Grass
Roots Organization is to place
the Possible establishment of a Technology
Park on the Springfield ballot so the People will have a
chance to vote on it.
We have links to Technology Parks from across the United
States and some from around the world for you to discover.
We hope
the
issue
would pass by a vote of the people so we can have more and
better job opportunities in southwest Missouri.
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